I got hooked on the Asylum Challenge.

I like the concept of challenges - I played the Legacy Challenge when it first launched - but my biggest problem with most challenges is that they're simply too big, too long, too complex or all of the above. Less is more, IMO. The beauty of the Asylum Challenge (to me, at least) is it's relatively short and simple.

But before I could wreck havoc on my unsuspecting patients I realized I needed a dwelling to house them. I immediately thought of Cyclonesue's Gravesend Asylum. Sadly, it has yet to be published (looks fantastic, though - no surprise) so I was left to my own devices. It then occurred to me that the smallest pre-made Maxis dorm would be the perfect solution if converted to a residential lot and so I give you a revamped version dubbed Dullards Rehabilitation Clinic:

Dullards comes pre-furnished according to the challenge rules so that you can get straight to playing your twisted little madhouse. :D There are 5 single beds of the required energy and comfort levels, seating for a maximum of 6 Sims (2 kitchen chairs, 2 chess chairs & 1 loveseat), 1 toilet and 1 sink with 1 shower/tub in an alternate room, 1 skill building object of each skill type plus a TV, no buglar or fire alarms and 2 phones for those thrilling calls to the fire dept. :P There is also a little space on the side lawn around the fountain for gravestones should you require it. And naturally the bedrooms are padded.

This little project also came with a very important discovery I feel I should share with other players and builders: never simply convert a dorm into a residence using the changeLotZoning command. While it seems it is perfect acceptable to rezone a residence into a dorm, it is not acceptable to rezone a dorm into a residence.

I discovered half a week into my Asylum Challenge that dorms rezoned to residences receive no carpools whatsoever - the taxi works normally but carpools do not appear, even with manually adding portals. In the end, I had to completely rebuild the clinic from scratch on a residential plot, transfer my household and scrap the original "Franken-zoned" lot. So much for saving myself time and frustration.